US priorities are just wrong

If you want an example of just how screwed up US priorities are then have a look at this story. It seems that a bunch of the affluent who had managed to stay cosy and dry due to their privileged status as residents of the Hyatt Hotel managed to get priority treatment and were allowed to jump the evacuee queue at the Superdome.
I can't help but get a mental picture of a bunch of suit wearing lawyer types being ushered to the front of the line and the poor and unwanted being threatened by National Guard assault rifles. This is disgusting, shameful, and immoral and it makes it totally clear what values the US hold dearest and they're not liberty, freedom, and equality.

Tags: katrina, hurricane, superdome, hyatt

Link to Mississippi Satellite Images

Click here for satellite images of the Mississippi area. The images are all around 1.2MB in size and fairly good resolution. Will be slow for dialup users. The damage from Hurricane Katrina is huge. These Mississippi images put the extent of the damage into perspective.

Tags: katrina, hurricane, mississippi, flood, disaster,

Some Christians still in the dark ages

Whatever your stance is on the Iraq war, whether you support it or you don't there is one thing that everybody should agree on and that is that any war is a tragedy. No matter who gets killed on whichever side for whatever reason their deaths are solely due to politics that are more suited to the middle ages than to this supposedly more 'enlightened' age.
I have blogged previously regarding such luminaries of spiritual enlightenment as Pat Roberson, the 700 Club and Force Ministries. These people and groups seem to have a very corrupted and warped interpretation of the ministry of Jesus Christ but there is one supposedly 'spiritual' group in the US that shames the aforementioned with their displays of intolerance, hatred, and disrespect. I am talking about Fred Phelps and the hate filled Westboro Baptist Church who have brought the gospel of Jesus to a new low. Not only have they picketed the funerals of murdered homosexuals such as Mathew Shepard they are now demonstrating at the funerals of US servicepersons killed in the 'War on Terror'. Apparently Phelps and his deluded followers are under the impression that the soldiers dying in Iraq are dying to protect a 'homosexual' USA. Let them know your opinion by contacting them at their 'godhatesamerica.com' email address by clicking here.

If you really want to see how much love these christians have then visit their other website www.godhatesamerica.com.

Tags: jesus, gay, terror, military